French July economic activity came at 7% below the normal levels, showing a slight improvement compared to June on the construction sector getting closer to the pre-coronavirus outbreak activity levels, while industrial capacity usage rose higher.
Commercial insurance rates surged 19% in the Q2 globally, boosted by claims related to the coronavirus and other losses, according to the insurance broker Marsh's report seen on Monday.
On Monday, it was revealed by Reuters that Microsoft would buy up parts of TikTok from the Chinese owner ByteDance.
Simon Property Group has entered talks with Amazon.com over converting some of its retail space, previously occupied by Sears Holdings and J.C. Penney Co, into Amazon's fulfilment centres, according to The Wall Street Journal.
On Monday, Equinor has appointed Anders Opedal as its new CEO effective from November 2 as Norway's gas and oil group seeks to accelerate its push into the renewable energy.
On Monday, Hyundai Motor shares surged by 10.20% after the company announced that it would launch a new family of Ioniq electric vehicles brand.
According to data from the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics, China's producer price index fell by 2.4% in July.
The Chinese vaccine maker CanSino Biologics will soon begin the Phase III clinical trials of the COVID-19 vaccine in Saudi Arabia, a spokesperson from the Saudi Health Ministry announced on Sunday.
The UK privacy watchdog has launched an investigation into Barclays Plc after media reports accused the bank of spying on its staff.
The loan agreement between the US government and Eastman Kodak was put on hold because of allegations of wrongdoing, the DFC reported on Sunday.
Credit Suisse Chairman Urs Rohner stated on Sunday that the bank is planning to widen its cooperation with retail insurance companies.
Canada's canola prices have surged to the highest level in almost two years, as exporters found back door to China.
According to a statement from the secretariat of the GCC, the Gulf Cooperation Council has requested the United Nations to prolong the arms embargo on Iran.
The US President Donald J. Trump promised to unilaterally suspend payroll tax if no agreement on the COVID-19 stimulus bill.
Credit Suisse is seeking cooperation expansion with insurers, the Swiss bank's Chairman Urs Rohner announced on Sunday, adding the potential projects is likely to cover insurance, events or credit cards.
The US chipmaker Qualcomm is lobbying the United States to revoke its restrictions on the components sale to China's Huawei Technologies, after the Chinese tech giant was blacklisted, according to The WSJ.
Huawei Technologies is planning to halt the production of the flagship Kirin chipsets starting from the next month due to the impact of the US pressure on China's tech giant, according to the financial magazine Caixin.
The UK privacy watchdog ICO has launched an investigation into Barclays Plc over potential spying on staff by the British bank, according to the agency's statement made on Sunday.
Amin Nasser, the CEO of Saudi Aramco, stated on Sunday that demand for gas and oil in Asian countries almost returned to pre-pandemic levels.
According to sources familiar with the matter, Twitter Inc expressed interest in acquisition of TikTok's operations in the US.
The world largest five oil companies reported on Sunday that production decrease reached nearly 1M bpd while the value of assets $50B.
Saudi Aramco reported on Sunday that its Q2 profit fell 73.4% amid the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
On Saturday, Algeria announced that it would further relax its COVID-19 restrictions, including travel restraints and curfew.
Berkshire Hathaway second-quarter operating profit declined by 10% to $5.53 billion, the company announced on Saturday.